Anterior knee pain after ACL reconstruction: How to avoid it

The ACL-Deficient Knee: A Problem Solving Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 357-372

  Monllau, Joan Carles ^c   Montesinos Berry, Erik ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

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EID: 84896802058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4270-6_30     Document Type: Chapter

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